populism

[Ian Murray]

> Lawrence wrote:
> >
> >  doesn't the left in
> > general like the idea of majority rule?
>
> Can you name a single substantial change (for the better or for the
> worse) in all of human history that was brought about by a majority?
I
> can't.
>
> Majorities are passive followers. Hence they act only in response to
> demogoguery grounded in the given ideology of a period and place --
> i.e., ruling class ideology.
>
> Carrol
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What would it mean to say the 'collapse' of the Roman empire was the
result of strategizing elites? Attempting to cast the shifts in
history in terms of the majority/minority binary are ridiculous; as is
leader/follower rhetoric.

Ian